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incur their ill-will. Such attempts always bringing swift and severe punishment on those so offending.
 "Mr. Cooper" i" the man whom the Critic steps out of the way to de- lend, We are informed belongs to the family known in this section by the name of Blevins. The father "old man Blevins"-was recently found dead, and we are told owned $40 acres of as good land as can be found in Texas; on which he could have lived comfortably and made money. But such a life was not to his taste. He preferred one of excitement and adventure, so rented his farm, came to Arizona and organized this band of rustlers about which so much has been said and written. He has some six or seven sons, and all are "chips of the old block" Andy Cooper, alias BIevins, however, appears to have taken the lead, and is more auda- cious than any of the others.
 From all We can learn, this "Mr. Cooper" has killed in pure wan tonness-without cause or provo cation-more than one Navajo In- dian. This "Mr. Cooper" was seen by more than one reliable witness. driving along the public highway in broad daylight, from D to 100 head of horses, he had stolen from the Navajoes. From description, this same ''Mr. Cooper" is the man who sold the horses in Phoenix, that James Flake, and some others from about Snowflake recovered a short time since, It was this same "Mr. Cooper" that told g gentleman of this county to his face that he had lain in wait for him for two or three weeks for the purpose of kill ing him. It is strongly suspected that a brother of this same "Mr. Cooper" is the murderer of Samuel 5. Shull, of Verde Valley, and a sheep herder, who was found dead some two or three months ago in Yavapai county.
 Sheriff Owens may have stepped up to this "Mr. Cooper" and greeted him cordially. May have assured "Mr. Cooper and the bystanders that he had no warrant for his ar- rest, and if there was one in exist ence he was ignorant on the sub ject." The records, however, tell a different story, Ne find that a war rant was issued for the arrest of this "Mr. Cooper" from the County Court of Apache on the 26th day March, 1886, and that MT. Owens received the warrant from his pred ecessor in office, and sent it to Fay Tor for the purpose of having it served.
 How a newspaper can defend or apologize for such a man as this "Mr, Cooper" is known to be, is more than we can make out. Our ideas of the objects and aims of all newspapers have been exactly the opposite. We have thought it their duty to decry and hold up to pub lie scorn, all thieves and murderers.
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to lands covered by unapproved selections, applications to make filings ard entries thereon may be received, noted and held subject to the claim of the company, of which claim the applicant must be dis tinctlY informed.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT ARIZ.,
 August 25, 1887. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of hls Ciaim and that said proof will be made before the Judge, or in his absen the Clerk of the District Court at St. Johns, Apache county, Arizona Territory, on October 1st. 1887, viz: Moroni H. Martineau, of Springervil:e, Apache County, Arizona Ter ritOry, for the east 12 of the southwest H of Section No H, Township No. north, Range No. 2y east.
 Henalnes the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land viz: F. Bunch, 5 Wiltbank, W W Eagar, s Eagar, all of Springerville, Apache County Arizona Territory.
 au25-6t E. BURGESS, Register.
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LAND NOTICES.
sorrcE FOR puBLIcATroN.I
LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT. ARIZ.
 August 18th, 1887.

LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT. ARIZ.
 August 18th, 1887. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge or in his absence the Clerk of the Di trict Court of Apache County. Arizona Territory. al St. Johns. Arizona September seth, 1884, viz Antonio Gonzales of St. Johns, Arizona Terri tory, for the pre-emption entry, No. I799 for the southwest of the northeast 4, Section No. 2O Township No. l3 north, range No Sl east,
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon. and cultivation oi said land viz: Jose Jaramillo, Rafael Gonzales TeohlO Duran, Jose Garcia, all of St Johns. Apache county, Arizo ona Territory.
 E. BURGESS, aug25 St Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT, ARIz. August 25th. 1887


 August 2jth, 1887. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Judge or in his abs@nce the Clerk of the District Court at St. Johns. Apache County, Arizona Territory, on September SOth. 1887, viz: Faustin Lopez, of Apache County, Arizona, for his re-emption Entry, No. 1275, for the south l@ of southwest |. of Section "A, Township l4 north. Iange 26 east. He names the following witnesses tO prove the continuous residence upon and use of, said land, as a tOwnsite, viz: SeverO Greigo, Aristeo Barela, TeOfilO Sena and Roman Vigil, all of St; Johns, Apache County, Arizona.
 E. RUNGESS, au21 St Register.
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THE reduction of nearly S150,00C in the total assessed valuation ot the property of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company in this county, exclusive of land, by tho Territorial Board of Equalization is matter of no small interest to our county, and cannot be less So to the other'counties involved. AS now assessed this railway company is taxed at the rate of S7,000 per mile, and this includes everything except their right of way and land. A glance over the report of the United States Railroad Commis- sioner will show this road cost, less its depot buildings, hotels, round houses, station and section houses, steam pumps and water tanks, etc., in the neighborhood of $20,000 per mile-making 6 total cost, inelud- ing the improvements of certainly not less than S21,000 per mile. Thus it will be seen that this cor poration is taxed upon only one third of it's real valuation. If other taxpayers and property-holders of our county were looked upon with a like favored eye, and taxed upon only one-third of their property. as is this munifcent and deserving railroad company, our county treas ury would be in a sorrowful condi- ton, or the rate of taxation would have to be fixed at ten cents on the dollar, making an advance in the rate in like ratio with the decline in assessed valuation.
 A given amount of money must each year be exacted of the people in the shape of taxation, for the maintenance of the county and ter ritorial governments, the less the assessed valuation, the greater the rate of taxation. With this prop erly before the people, they cannot but see that the assessing of one third of the real valuation of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com pany, means to saddle upon the people of the county the other two thirds of this company's property. The pleas of those laboring and struggling under the heavy yoke of taxation should be given every con- sistent consideration There is nothing so oppressive as extortion- ate taxation, and there is nothing more deserving in the calls for mer- cy. But it does not seem to Apache county that this railroad company is very heavily burdened with tax ation. Its royal magnates claim that it is exempt from taxation, and by virtue of this hypothesis refuse emphatically to pay any taxes. Wherein then are they de- serving any consideration? Why be so generous as to assess this Company for only one-third of it's property, when they refuse to pay any taxes at all? and why are non taxpayers more deserving than ac- tual taxpayers? In matter of taxation, what has the Company to complain of by being assessed too high or too low, or from any other cause when it pays no taxes at all? We cannot see why this railroad company should have any griev- ance, or have anything to complain of. until it becomes, as it shouId be now, a tax payer; nor do we think it is entitled to any consideration until it pays its taxes as all other property holders do.
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THE valuation of cattle as fixed by the Territorial Board of Equal ization of New Mexico, is SIP per head.
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Gov, BARTLETT, of California, had stroke of paralysis a short time since and is not expected to live. In the event of his death he will be succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Waterman, who is a Re nnhlinnn
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STAGE CONNECTIONS.


 Via Laguna to the Indian village of Acoma, I6 miles.
 Via wingate to Fort wingate, 3 miles. Zuni 4s miles.
 Via Manuelito to Fost Defiance (Navajo Agen- cy) 25 miles; Canon de Chelle. 65 miles; Keams Canon. 90 miles.
 Via Navajo, tri-weekly stages to St. Johns: :54 miles: Springerville. S5 miles. Via HOlbroOk, tri-weekly stages to Fort Apache 95 miles; Show Low, 50 miles; Taylor, 35 miles MO9ui Indian villages (nO regular stage) go miles Via Winslow, to Brigham City and Sunset. Via Ash Fork, daily stages to Prescott and Whipple Barracks. 54 mileSs daily stages from Prescott to Phoenix, and tri-weekIy stages from Prescott to Fort Verde.
 Via Peach Springs to the Grand Canon of the Colorado, Is miles Via Kingman, daily stages to Stockton Hill, 10 miles, Mineral Park, 16 miles; Cerbat 14 miles Via Yucca tri-weekly stage to Signal 40 miles. Via The Needles, steamer to Yuma, Colorado river agency, Fort Mohave. Mohave City, Hardy, vile. Arizoua. aud Fl Dorado canon, Nevada.
 ". A. BISSELL Q. a. ROBINSON, Gen1 Passenger Agt. Gen1. Manager. Albuquerque, NM.
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IT'S said that Austria has agents in New Mexico buying up horses for her cavalry service.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-01

THE Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad has reduced the freight rate on cattle to Kansas City $17,50 a nar
The St. Johns herald., 1887-09-01

YAvAPAI has levied tax of $3.25 on the hundred.
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St. Johne. Thuraday, September 1
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Redemption of Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that I am ready to redeem any and all Contingent Fund Warrants of Apache County, presented for payment prior to December l, 1886.
 J. T. LESUEUR,
 Treasurer Apache Co.,, Ariz. St. Johns, Sept. l, 1887.
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Proposals for Bridges.
St. Johns, Sept. l, 1887.

Sealed bids will be received and con- sidered by the Board of Wagon Road Commissioners of Apache county, Ari- zona, at the court house of said county, on the 5th day of September 1887, at 10 o'clock A. M., for the building of a pub lie bridge across the Little Colorado River, on the Holbrook and Fort Apache road, at what is known as "the cross ing," three miles south of Woodruff, and also public bridge across Silver Creek, on the Holbrook and Fort Apache road at Snowflake. A proper bond for the execution of the contract will be exacted from the person to whom it is let. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
 Signed at St. Johns, Arizona, July Is, 1887,
 F. A. HUBBELL,
 c. o. HOWE,
 PEDRO MONTANO, Board of Wagon Road Commissioners of Apache County, Arizona. jy21 i'd
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~Meal Stations, Through tickets to all principle cities east and west on sale at the following stations: HOlbrOok Winslow Flagstaff Peach Springs, Kingman. Prescott. The Needles, Daggett, Mohave
 and Alhuoueroue
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-26
An Old Landmark Gore.

Early in the summer of lS79-perhaps
it was May-the company that had the
contract for grading the e.. Il n. w.
R'y between Tracy and Pierre bought
one Of the ready made houses that are
built in Chicago and Minneapolis.
They shipped it to Tracy, set it up,
filled it with clothing. boots, shoes.
hats, caps, and other articles that the
graders needed for every day use. John
Prothero, now conductor between
Watertown and Brookings, was the
first clerk in this store.
In the spring of 1880 it was moved
from Tracy to Vloga. Afterward it
was again put on trucks and found its
resting place at point four miles west
of where DE Smet is built, and it stood
there all Of that fall.
Early i'm the winter OF lsS0-l the house
was brought to IIuron--trundled on
trucks as heretofore, 1t stood for a
couple Of years OF more where the store
Of Mats & Co. now stands. and was
used 10y T.. n. Toucey as q flour and
feed store and coal oilice.
After this 1t was moved back from
the avenue and has stood there for
the last three years. Last week it was
torn down to get it ont of the way and
to make room for other buildings. 1t
had done its duty, was Of no further
accoui I, and had To make way for
something more servsceabie,
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L1E LEADER
Has a Good Outfit Of
JOB PRINTING
MATERIAL
And is always prepared to do
FIRST CLASS WORK
On short notice, at reasonable rates.


MILWAUKEE, Wis, March l4.-Spec-
ial 10 The hlter Oceon.--The general pas
senger department of the st. Paul
Railway this morning issued the fol-
lowing circular to ticket agents to-day:
by an agreement between the various
lines west, southwest, and northwest
Of Chicago, the sale Of commercial 900
mile tickets has been discontinued, and
in the future the only l,000-mile ticket
we shall have on sale will be our regu-
lar 900 mile ticket, price S25. These
will be non transferable, made out in
one single name, as has been the Gus.
tom heretofore, and will be limited to
one year from the date upon which
they are sold. These can be issued to
any person who calls for them. at the
above named rate, and any agent who
has stock onl hand will, when selling
punch from margin of cover the date
on which the ticket expires, making
the limit exactly one year from date of
issue. Agents not having these tickets
on hand can, upon having order for
them, procure them from any other
office having them on sale, at the same
price and upon the same conditions.
The user of each ticket THAT is, the
person in whose name it is made out)
must sign the contract i'm ink, on inside
back cover, before the ticket leaves the
office. When such tickets are sent tn
other agents for delivery they must be
accompanied with above instructions,
which must be faithfully carried out,
as this company has agreed with other
lines not to permit these tickets to
leave the Office unsigned. The above
rule as to requiring signature applies
to express baggage tickets, which are
now sold to any party desiring them at
Sll,25 each, and the amount of free
baggage reduced to 100 pounds"
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lmDOrtant Laws.

a Bismarck journalistic searcher
after facts gives the following as three
new laws of great Importance to the at
torneys of Dakota:
Council bill l36 covers the entire prac-
tice on trial up to the notice Of appeal
To the supreme court. 1t is the Cali
fornia practice as il exists in that state.
The old law was the California practice
in part, and was 50 incomplete and un-
certain in its provisions that 1t was very
difficult TO take a case on appeal to the
supreme court.
Council bill 100 provides for appeals
from the district to the supreme court.
This bill begins where the former bill
leaves off. and is the Wisconsin prac-
tice. 1t is much more simple I'm its
provisions, and much less expensive to
litigants than the old law.
Council bill lat defines the power of
the Judge Of court i'm chambers and
validates former orders and judgments.
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Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine

For April is rcdolent with the breath
Of spring, which is now soon to break
all over the land. Here we have pic
ture and poem. song and story, carry
ing with them the graceful recognition
of reawakening nature. AS usual with
this magazine, there are many profusely
illustrated articles, for instance: Mis-
sionary and Social Life Among the
Japanese, y is an article of to-day, and
its illustrations are Of the present. The
ninth and last Of the late Mr.. Powell's s
Leaves from my Life, treats Of Tai
foure and the Rev. Robert Montgom-
ery, and with it is given a portrait of
Mr. Powell himself. a new serial story
by Mary Linskill, entitled, "ln Ex
change for SOUL opens the number
and promises to be strcng romance.
There are several very beautiful full
page engravings, and this number will
certainly be recognized as an excellent
one
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This Months Music.

We have received lot of very choice
songs and piano pieces selected from
the best publications of the month, viz:
Glendale March," by Mason, very
brilliant piano piece, go cts.); little
piano piece for young beginners, by
Behr, entitled, First Violet" 90 cts j:
four easy pieces by Mack, as follows:
Greenwood Redowa," Cats Foot
Polka, ""Goas You Please Schottisch, ;"
and MY Old Love Polka, ''all very
pretty, (25 cts.l
Among the vocal selections OF the
month are many line songs, including
a soprano song by Meyer-IIelmund
entitled, The Daily Question" one
Of the modern classics anu very grace
ful in style, (3j cts. J; and serio-c0mic
song by Tabar, entitled. II Haven't for
a Long Time Now," (30 cts These
selections are from the presses of
Oliver Ditson x Co.. Boston. Mass, and
Will be sent by them to any address on
recent of price.
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The Chautauquan for April has an
article on women in Journalism, ," by
Miss Ida NJ Tarbell. 1t is bright,
terse, and practicle, and while dispel-
ling the fictitious halo that is often rep
resented as surrounding the journalist S
profession, represents it as field wide
open to women. Among the many
good things, she SAYS
Capital is essential for the would-be
journalist. This capital consists in
qualities rather than acquisitions. No
school of journalism can hope to fur
nish them. The first of these qualities
is the power TO work continuously un-
Ill task is done. The two blades of
the editorial scissors are thrift and in
dustry' said Samuel Bowles, and the
habits of all successful journalists con-
firm This statement. The ability to
work continuously for twelve months
out Of the year is the price of success
in journalism. 1t is not spurt for a
week or month and then an easy time
but IA strong steady pull day in and
day out. Self control is an excellent
journalistic weapon. The woman who
presents a carefully prepared report Of
what seems 10 her very important
event and sees the editorial blue go
crashing through her fine touches, or
who is confronted 10y some veXatious
oversight in her proof reading or copy
handling. feels like crying. But tears
are not a part of the journalistic capital
An editor with daily, Il weekly, or a
magazine form on his hands has 40 leis-
ure for feelings 1t is useless to tell
him as dear old Burton does that a
woman in tears is no more to be minded
than a goose getting its feet wet he
cannot see it in that light"
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TIE Chicago, Milwaukee X ST Paul
railway company are arranging to loan
seed wheat to farmers OH their line
who are too poor TO buy it, They Will
procure the best hard wheat to be found
and distribute il through the elevators.
All they ask is return in the fall Of
wheat enough to cover their expense.
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TIE following are members of the
interstate commerce committee, ap-
pointed Oh Tuesday by President Cleye-
land: Thomas NJ. Cooley, of Michigan,
for the term of six years; William Il.
Morrison, of Illinois, for the term of
five years; Augustus Schoonmaker, of
New ork. for the term of four years;
Adace +. Walker, Of Vermont, for the
term of three years; Walter l.. Bragg,
of Alabama. for the term of two years,
The commission is considered an able
one. Judge Cooley will undoubtedly
be elected chairman.
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IT'S more economical To be territory
because the general government pays
the salaries of its officers, saws one,
But the governor. secretary of state
and other territorial officers get fees
from the people of Dakota that will
aggregate 10000 annually. If Dakota
verse state it could manage to pay
these same officers with half that sum,
and have the duties of these officers
just as well performed. - |VuteH0rn
{ nlnieI Nnlrs
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DAKOTA goes right on growing just
as if it We're a state ia all the ssterly
fellowship Of the union. Dakota will
be bigger than the democratic party
some day. Si0uT GIN Jojuudl.
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JoIIN A LOGAN, Jr. was married on
the 22d inst. to Miss Edith II. Andrews.
daughter of G. III. Andrews, president
of the Pittsburg, Toledo X Cleveland
railroad.
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WRITING lines Is the penance IIar-
row bows do for al their sins, in and
out Of school. II n boy is late for school,
he writes lines; if he misses bill" he
writes lines. If the lines are not fin
ished at stated time, their number is
doubled. There was one clever boy
who escaped WI iting half the ordered
quantity; and the masters tell the story
of how he did it to this day. lie was
an untidy boy nd was often taken 10
task for his car elesSness and disorder.
One day his master, who had very dig
nifled and impressive manners, and
who always said I'VE instead Of you"
when talking ID the boys, found occa-
sion to reprove him.
Ave do not look very clean" he said
with much severity. I'VE have not
washed our hands this morning. Have
we?"
II don't know about yours" +" was the
impudent boys answer, but I've
washed mine"
"Ah!" said, the master, 1--WE are very
impertinent today. We Will have to
write hundred lines before the next
bill >"
When "bll" time came, the master
sent for the boy.
Have we written our linesy" he
asked.
| I've written my llfty," The boy an
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swered very promptly, handing in his
paper; but don't know whether
you've done your half."--From "Hdr-
rolo-oa-tte -HU," bg Elizabeth Robins
Pe1meli, ia 81. Nicboids .:Dr iprd.
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TIE Chicago democrats have renom-
mated Carter Harrison for Mayor, and
he accepts
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JUDGE SPENCER was given "a recep-
tion at Huron upon his arrival there
last week.